Luca Uccello

Luca Uccello (born June 17, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player.

Luca Uccello
Uccello playing for Toronto FC II in 2016
Personal information
Full name Luca Uccello
Date of birth (1997-06-17) June 17, 1997
Place of birth Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2003 Richmond Hill/Thornhill
2011–2014 Kleinburg Nobleton SC
2011–2014 TFC Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 TFC Senior Academy 12 (6)
2017 Toronto FC III 1 (2)
2015–2018 Toronto FC II 77 (10)
2019 Memphis 901 6 (0)
2020 Toronto FC II 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Canada U18 4 (2)
2016–2017 Canada U20 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 16, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 23, 2017

Career

Toronto FC II

Uccello joined TFC Academy in 2011, and played in the Second Division of the Canadian Soccer League.[1][2] In 2013, Luca won the Golden Boot at the U15 Generation Adidas Cup with a total of 5 goals as TFC Academy finished runners up against Chivas USA. Uccello would then feature as part of the academy's senior team during the inaugural season of League1 Ontario in 2014. He scored eight goals and won player of the week honours during week 11 of the campaign,[3] as TFC Academy captured the regular season championship.[4]

Uccello signed his first professional contract with Toronto FC's USL affiliate, Toronto FC II on March 12, 2015.[5] He made his debut against the Charleston Battery on March 21.[6] During the 2017 offseason, Uccello would train with Danish club HB Køge,[7] and would later re-sign with the club for the 2018 season.[8]

Memphis 901 FC

Uccello signed with expansion club Memphis 901 FC for the 2019 season on October 30, 2018.[9]

Return to Toronto FC II

He returned to Toronto FC II for the 2020 season.[10] However, the club did not play any games that years, due to opting out of the 2020 USL League One season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] He was released by Toronto FC II after they declined his option for the 2021 season.[12]

International

On August 30, 2015 Uccello was called up to the ID U20 camp held In Vaughan, Ontario for 1 week. Uccello was called up to a Canada U-17 camp in February 2013.[13] On April 16, 2015 Uccello was called up by coach Rob Gale to the Canada U-18 side for a tournament in Slovakia.[14] He made his debut for the U18s against Slovakia's U18 squad on April 20, and scored a goal in a 2–2 draw.[15]

In August 2016, he was called up to the U-20 team for a pair of friendlies against Costa Rica[16] Uccello was nominated in back to back years by the Canadian Soccer Association for the Canadian Men's U-20 player of the year Award in 2016 and 2017.[17] In February 2017, Uccello was named to Canada's U-20 World Cup Qualifying roster for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of October 16, 2019[19]
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III League1 Ontario 2014 126——62188
2017 12——0012
Total 1380000621910
Toronto FC II USL 2015 221———221
2016 203———203
2017 153———153
2018 183———183
Total 77100000007710
Memphis 901 FC USL Championship 2019 60—10—70
Career Total 961800106210320

Personal life

Uccello was born in Markham, Ontario. He has an older brother, Julian, who is also a soccer player, who most notably played for Crotone in Italy in the Serie B. He also has a twin, Michael, who was also part of the Toronto FC system, playing as a goalkeeper, but at the age 18, Michael decided to leave the club to become a film director.

References
  1. "Former KNSC player Luca Uccello, signs with TFC II". Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. "Junior Roster | Toronto FC". 2012-12-31. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2017-05-21.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Rollins, Duane (August 28, 2014). "Player of the Week - Luca Uccello". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  4. "TFC Academy Triumphs". October 4, 2014.
  5. Rowaan, Dave (March 12, 2015). "Toronto FC II sign eight players".
  6. Hylton, Kamal (March 21, 2015). "Match Recap: TFC II vs. Charleston".
  7. James Grossi (November 12, 2017). "TFC II send four on training stint to Denmark". Waking The Red.
  8. "Toronto FC II Re-Sign Luca Uccello". Toronto FC. December 18, 2017.
  9. "MEMPHIS 901 FC SIGNS THREE MORE PLAYERS". October 20, 2018.
  10. "Toronto FC Reserve Side signs two goalkeepers and Welcomes Uccello back to the fold". The Sports Network. January 19, 2020.
  11. "Toronto FC II pulls out of USL League One season due to Global Pandemic". TSN. July 8, 2020.
  12. "Toronto FC II Announces Roster Moves". Toronto FC. December 23, 2020.
  13. "[2013-02] Men's U-17 camp". Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  14. "Canada M18 heading East". April 16, 2015.
  15. "Slovakia Cup 2015: V prvom zápase remíza Slovákov s Kanadou". April 20, 2015. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  16. "Canada m20 announces squad and matches against Costa Rica". Canada Soccer Association. August 24, 2016.
  17. Canada Soccer (November 28, 2016). "Award nominees announced for annual Canada Soccer Player Awards". Canada Soccer.
  18. Neil Davidson (Feb 9, 2017). "Canada names young squad for CONCACAF U-20 Championship". Sportsnet.
  19. Soccerway. "Luca Uccello profile".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.